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Mental Wellness: Redefining Our Health Through a Wellness Perspective and Reducing Stigma Ashley Kruger and Teresse Lewis, LCSW
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Mental Wellness: Redefining Our Health
Through a Wellness Perspective and
Reducing Stigma
Ashley Kruger and Teresse Lewis, LCSW
Student Mental Health Week - May 4- May 8, 2020
Date Webinar Title
Tuesday, May 5 (11am) Understanding Trauma & the
Grief Process through COVID 19
Wednesday, May 6 (11am) Top 5 Mental Health Issues that
Our Youth Experience (Anxiety,
Depression, ADHD, Eating
Disorders and Substance Use)
Thursday, May 7 (11am) Suicide Awareness and
Prevention
Thursday, May 7 (3pm) BONUS: Virtual Happy Hour-
Share Your Self Care Ideas!
Friday, May 8 (11am) It’s All About the Students
Sign on letter:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mycasc/
A little about us...
❖ School Counselor,
MVUSD
❖ Program Director, The
Empowerment Center
❖ Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
❖ Adjunct Professor of
Sociology, Vanguard
University
❖ Elementary School
Counselor, MVUSD
❖ 2019-2020 CASC
President
❖ Lead Professional
Development Specialist
for Hatching Results
❖ Adjunct Faculty, San
Diego State University
Ashley Kruger Teresse Lewis
Agenda
❖What is mental health/wellness vs. mental illness?
❖Prevalence and the school’s role in supporting mental health/wellness
❖Factors that influence access and treatment
❖Overcoming barriers to family engagement
❖Helpful Resources
Mentimeter:
1. Please open a new tab on your device (or a different device) and go to menti.com
2. Enter this code to participate: 18 39 77
3. Enter the first word/phrase that comes to mind when you hear the term “MENTAL HEALTH?”
What is Mental Health?
Mental Health and Wellness Mental Illness
❖ We all have to work towards our mental
health/wellness
❖ Effective and productive functioning in daily
activities (work, school, caregiving)
❖ Healthy Relationships
❖ Ability to adapt to change and cope with
adversity
❖ Refers collectively to all
diagnosable mental
disorders/health conditions
❖ Significant changes in thinking,
emotion and/or behavior
❖ Distress and/or problems
functioning in social, work or
family activities
Mental Illness: Causes
❖ Early adverse life experiences, such as
trauma or a history of abuse
❖ Experiences related to other ongoing
(chronic) medical condition
❖ Biological factors, such as genes or chemical
imbalances in the brain
❖ Use of alcohol or recreational drugs
❖ Having few friends
❖ Having feeling of loneliness or isolation
Prevalence of Mental Illness in the US
❖ 1 in 5 children have mental health condition (CDC, 2019)
➢ More than 50% of mental health issues develop by
14 years old and more than 75% by 24 years old
➢ < 80% receive treatment and the average delay
between mental illness onset and receiving support
is 11 years.
➢ Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in
individuals ages 10-34.
➢ Of those who do seek support, 70-80% receives
services in a school setting (Atkins et al., 2010)
Prevalence of Mental Illness in the US
Educational Outcomes (American Psychiatric
Association, 2018)
❖ Over 50% of students with emotional and
behavioral disabilities ages 14 and older,
dropout of high school. This is the highest
dropout rate of any disability group!
❖ Only 40% of students with emotional, behavioral
and mental health disorders graduate from high
school, compared to the national average of
76%!
ASCA Position Statement: School
Counselor’s Role in Mental Health
SUMMARY
❖ Deliver school counseling curriculum to enhance awareness of mental health and remove stigma associated with mental health issues (prevention)
❖ Provide internal and external referrals and short-term counseling
❖ Recognize mental health warning signs ❖ Educate stakeholders ❖ Recognize cultural and linguistic factors
Position Statements Ethical Standards
Factors that influence access and usage of treatment
❖Stigma
❖Cultural Perspectives
on Mental Illness
❖Societal Factors
Stigma and Mental Illness
Types of Stigma: (Psychology Today)
❖ What is it? Mental illness stigma is defined as the “devaluing, disgracing, and disfavoring by the general public of
individuals with mental illnesses”.
❖ Social Stigma: “prejudicial attitudes and discriminating behaviour directed towards individuals with mental health
problems as a result of the psychiatric label they have been given.
➢ Research indicated that there is an overall public attitude that mental illnesses are self inflicted and that those who
suffer from a mental illness are dangerous
❖ Perceived Stigma or Self Stigma- internalizing by the mental health sufferer of their perceptions of discrimination
(shame)
➢ 3 out of 4 people with mental health illnesses report feeling stigmatized
Where does stigma come from? ❖ Historical Stigma
❖ Media and misinformation
❖ Previous experiences with mental health professionals
❖ Family Experiences
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Illness
❖ Attitudes toward mental illness vary among individuals, families, ethnicities, cultures, and countries.
❖ Beliefs about mental illness can affect a family’s readiness and willingness to seek and adhere to treatment.
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Illness
❖ Cultural sensitivity increases access and usage
by families
❖ In a 2016 study of 1500 African Americans by the
National Institute of Mental Health:
➢ Approximately 63% of African Americans
viewed depression as a “personal weakness”
➢ 30% reported that they would deal with
depression themselves.
➢ Only one-third reported that they would
accept medication.
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Illness
❖ In Asia, mental illnesses are often stigmatized and seen as a source of shame.
❖ Latin Americans are more likely to identify non-biological reasons for mental illness.
Cultural Perspectives on Mental Illness
Minority children and families:
❖ Are less likely to engage in mental
health services
❖ Make less frequent visits and drop out
sooner
❖ Minority children receive less
adequate mental health treatment
Challenges to consistent family
engagement (NASW)
❖ Engaging families in mental health
services remains a challenge.
❖ The problem is exacerbated in urban,
low income communities.
❖ 75 percent of children, from low income
areas, do not receive needed services.
❖ Rates of child psychopathology have
been found to be as high as 40 percent.
Other factors affecting engagement
❖ Poor alliance with school and or community organizations
❖ Single Parent Status
❖ Family Cohesion and Organization
Other factors affecting engagement
❖ Feeling disrespected and
misunderstood
❖ Parental belief about the
etiology of the problem
❖ Past experience with mental
health professionals
Common and Creative Ways to
Overcome Barriers
❖ Use motivational interviewing
❖ Openly address the need for cultural
sensitivity
❖ Parent advocates
❖ Employ the help of other resource
support
Common and creative ways to overcome
barriers
❖ Integrate mental health and mental illness
awareness into preventative curriculum
❖ Normalize the language
❖ Practice sensitivity with the language used.
❖ Provide psychoeducation surrounding
mental health and mental illness
Helpful Resources
❖Mental Health Colorado- School Mental Health Toolkit
❖The National Center for School Mental Health
❖Screening Tools
❖What Works ClearingHouse
Videos
For kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49mfPFTZsHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxIDKZHW3-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLOagmZTWmM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmSinPMVU2U
For Adults:
TedTalk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2___WYApw
Ted Talk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrbTbB9tTtA
Stigma of a Mental Illness:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUlBZuQ2c0Q
